Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions. The Minoan Thalassocracy. Myth and reality. Proceedings of the Third International Symposium at the Swedish Institute in Athens, 31 May–5 June, 1982 Edited by Robin Hägg & Nanno Marinatos Abstract “The Minoan Thalassocracy”, first mentioned by Thucydides, is generally assumed to have consisted of some kind of domination exercised by Minoan Crete in the period of the new palaces (c. 1600-1450 B.C.) over the Cycladic islands and possibly parts of the Greek mainland and the coast of Asia Minor. Various aspects of this phenomenon are dealt with in 31 papers read at an international conference in Athens; the papers are followed by transcripts of the discussion of the symposium. The papers are arranged in five groups, discussing (1) the myth and reality of the Minoan Thalassocracy, including the internal Cretan preconditions for its coming into existence; (2) the possible p of an early thalassocracy already in the Middle Bronze Age (period of the old palaces); (3) the relations between Crete and the mainland, esp. the Peloponnese; (4) the relations of Crete with the Cycladic islands and the coast of Asia Minor; and (5) some aspects of the history of…

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Opuscula Atheniensia 15 Contents Hjördis von Arbin, ‘The alabastron-shaped vases found in the “Throne Room” at Knossos’, pp. 7–16. Paul Åström, ‘Aegyptiaca at Hala Sultan Tekke’, pp. 17–24. Barbro Santillo Frizell, ‘The tholos tomb at Berbati’, pp. 25–44. Barbro Santillo Frizell & Raffaele Santillo, ‘The construction and structural behaviour of the Mycenaean tholos tomb’, pp. 45–52. Erik Holmberg & Alain Pasquier, ‘Four Corinthian vases in the Röhss Museum and some others’, pp. 53–66. Robin Hägg & Yvonne Lindau, ‘The Minoan “Snake Frame” reconsidered’, pp. 67–77. Kerstin Höghammar, ‘The dating of the Roman bath at Asine in Argolis’, pp. 79–106. Tullia Linders, ‘The kandys in Greece and Persia’, pp. 107–114. Nanno Marinatos, ‘The date-palm in Minoan iconography and religion’, pp. 115–122. Hugo Montgomery, ‘Silver, coins and the wealth of a city state’, pp. 123–133. P.A. Mountjoy, ‘The bronze greaves from Athens. A case for a LHIIIC date’, pp. 135–146. Bogdan Rutkowski, ‘Das Siedlungswesen von Amnissos in Neolithikum und Bronzezeit’, pp. 147–153. Charlotte Scheffer, ‘Aegean, bronze-age, spit supports with scalloped tops’, pp. 155–162. Johan Henrik Schreiner, ‘Historical methods, Hellanikos, and the era of Kimon’, pp. 163–171. Gisela Walberg, ‘The Tod Treasure…

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Sanctuaries and cults in the Aegean Bronze Age. Proceedings of the First International Symposium at the Swedish Institute at Athens, 12-13 May, 1980 Edited by Robin Hägg & Nanno Marinatos Contents ‘Preface’, p. 9 J.C. van Leuven, ‘Problems and methods of Prehellenic naology’, pp. 11–25. ‘Discussion’, p. 26. Colin Renfrew, ‘Questions of Minoan and Mycenaean cult’, pp. 27–33. ‘Discussion’, p. 33. Robin Hägg, ‘Official and popular cults in Mycenaean Greece’, pp. 35–39. ‘Discussion’, p. 40. Elizabeth French, ‘Cult places at Mycenae’, pp. 41–48. ‘Discussion’, p. 48. Klaus Kilian, ‘Zeugnisse mykenischer Kultausübung in Tiryns’, pp. 49–58. ‘Discussion’, p. 58. V. Lambrinudakis, ‘Remains of the Mycenaean period in the Sanctuary of Apollon Maleatas’, pp. 59–65. ‘Discussion’, p. 64. Colin Renfrew, ‘The sanctuary at Phylakopi’, pp. 67–79. ‘Discussion’, pp. 79-80. Rainer C.S. Felsch, ‘Mykenischer Kult im Heilogtum bei Kalapodi?’, pp. 81–88. ‘Discussion’, p. 89. Robin Hägg, ‘The house sanctuary at Asine revisited’, pp. 91–94. ‘Discussion’, p. 94. Stefan Hiller, ‘Mykenische Heiligtümer: Das Zeugnis der Linear B-Texte’, pp. 95–125. ‘Discussion’, pp. 125-126. Miriam Ervin Caskey, ‘Ayia Irini, Kea: The terracotta statues and the cult in the temple’, pp. 127–135. ‘Discussion’, p. 135. ‘Discussion…